Mark H.

The current flu/cold is an absolute b**** I came down with bronchitis and lost my voice for a week.

There were plenty of NDP votes coming out of Gimli, Winnipeg Beach et. al. when Peter Bjornson had the Gimli riding I used to live in that riding but I'm in Selkirk after the redraw Bjornson used to win by several thousand votes (his last election might have been around 1000), he never lost until he retired from politics

Interlake, Gimli, Selkirk, Brandon - any of those will be in play for the NDP. The have a long history of being swing ridings. And of course, the North is a given. Especially Selkirk and Gimli. They are former NDP strongholds.

I think Caldwell is also implying "with a premier this unpoplar, we should be winning that seat." I would also add, we will probably get a minority, one way or another, this spring.

Drew Caldwell's take on the recent byelection. Not a safe Tory seat, however. Not by a long shot. We owned it for nearly a decade in the #DoerSelinger years, so this loss to a parachute candidate representing a massively unpopular government ought be an urgent wake-up call.

Yes, of course there are always exceptions

Token candidates are definitely a problem. I think they should be using ridings that are strong for opposition, to test the mettle of an up and coming candidate. But they don't. It's usually lather, rinse, repeat.

And I'll be completely honest: in this area for sure, they used to run much more spirited campaigns, at all 3 levels of government The last decade of so, we get mostly 'token candidates' running against the incumbents. They throw up some signs and post on facebook and twitter

Yes, those are fair comments. They do both have some genuinely good people, but also some warts Squires and Clarke, for example, I would consider solid people. Both showed they were not afraid to oppose Pallister - which you rarely see these days At the end of the day, it is what it is. I don't think we want either party in power for too long

I didn't want to quote your entire post, but as far just their credentials are concerned, there are not that many differences PC caucus Nursing: 1 Career Politician: 1 Doctor/Vet: 1 Military: 1 Teacher: 3 Business/Marketing: 1 Healthcare Administration: 1 Agriculture/Environment: 5 Social Services: 1 Community Advocate: 4 Small Business owner/Municipal politics: 8 Financial services: 4 Technology Development: 1 School Trustees: 2 Education Administration: 1 Journalism: 1 A Metis MLA, the First ever black MLA, etc. https://pcmanitoba.com/our-team/

I actually don't disagree. Both parties are a long way from the MLAs Doer, Selinger and even Filmon - had in the house People like Bjornson, Wight, Caldwell - I don't see that talent in the current legislature - with very few exceptions And the problem exists in all 3 parties

If I have time, I might. Nahanni Fontaine in the legislature comes to mind. Calling others out while saying some pretty despicable stuff, herself

Wab has MLAs who will hurt the party if he gives them cabinet positions If he doesn't put them on the back bench, the NDP won't last long, especially if they have a minority

Shall we mention some of the founding people on the left? Tommy Douglas: eugenics Mackenzie King: anti-semitism And I liked Chretien/Martin as a Liberal Prime Ministers - but they had as much cronyism going on, as any other leader If you go looking for warts...you will always find them

He probably wanted Dickenson to cut Dan Clarke.

There are and have been plenty of people on the left, with unacceptable beliefs. And extremists attach themselves to pretty much every protest.

Yeah, that crap happens on both sides of the spectrum One example would be the way the provincial NDP acted towards and spoke about, Cindy Lamoureux

The equivalency of Captain Crunch cereal.

Not everything requires context. Those actions are simply inexcusable.

Taking that logic a little further...the NDP can do the same with Wab Kinew Keep in mind...they elected him when the PCs were in very little danger of losing an election

Allen in Toronto was sort of like Manning with the Broncos They had an outstanding D (O'Shea, Younger, Steinauer et. al.) and they were good in the trenches He managed games for them and ended up with a GC I think KG could have filled that role If he plays a few more seasons at his current level, you have to add Collaros to the conversation

I always found that he was good at throwing to possession type receivers, getting rid of the ball quickly and making very few turnovers Both Matthews and Trestman knew this, and set up the O to emphasize his strengths. Kevin Glenn has entered the chat.

Ummmm Dyck...third place finish after BC lost their starting QB...

Perhaps going cheaper at the lower rung positions...

Helle covers up a lot of sloppiness, most nights.